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Seeking Shelter: Building Housing and Community for LGBTQ Elders
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors are much more likely than their straight counterparts to be alone and isolated as they age. Housing ...

Bought by Wild Planet Radio and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Governing the Occupation
From: Frances Harlow
Caption: The Occupy Maine encampment in Portland's Lincoln Park., Credit: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://katrinaherzogphotography.com/" target="_blank">Katrina Herzog</a>, courtesy of the Salt archives.
Dispatches from Occupy Maine's consensus process.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
Can Chicago Factory Occupiers Form a Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 07:48
In South Texas, Luring Dropouts Back By Sending Them to College
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:00
Christmas Bird Count audio postcard
From: Dina Weinstein
Caption: Tropical Audobon Society members on the annual Christmas Bird Count, Credit: Dina Weinstein
The annual Christmas Bird Count involves birders all over the Americas as citizen scientists tracking population and environmental changes. Miami, ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:55
The Sounds of Gentrification
From: Dan Gordon
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Washington D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood has been a historically black, working-class community. Now, as property values in D.C. are climbing, a wa...

Bought by WCSU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
Youth bring fresh eyes to Alcatraz
From: KALW
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A local art and theater group the We Players has also been in residence on Alcatraz for the past three years. Their work is designed to spark discu...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
An old school game gets a new following
From: KALW
Caption: Adisa Banjoko (left) is the founder of the Hip Hop Chess Federation., Credit: Nina Parks
In another story KALW brought you the story of the so-called Chess Cinderella, Dyhemia Young. The foster child won a college scholarship at a prest...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Oakland parking: the good, the bad, and the downright disgusting
From: KALW
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Think of a place you’d never go, unless you really had to. Think of Oakland’s Parking Citation Assistance Center. It’s a non-descript room in a ty...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:49
A Brisbane teacher’s uncertain future
From: KALW
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As the school year draws to and end around the Bay, school districts are struggling with finances. Take Brisbane. It’s a small district – only two ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:49
Changing the foster care system from the inside out
From: KALW
Caption: Sokhom Mao (right) will be the next Commissioner of the Alameda County Juvenile Justice/Delinquency Prevention Commission
Twenty-four-year-old Sokhom Mao was one of California’s foster kids. He’s one of the few who went on to college – in 2010, Mao graduated from San F...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:43
Talk of the Town
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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This is a story about finding forgiveness and acceptance in a small town.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, The Story, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:29
  • Purchases: 5
A day in the life of the youngest super delegate
From: Y-Press
Series: 2008 Democratic National Convention
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Y-Press journalists attended both 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions creating a diverse body of work, including radio pieces, audio-slide s...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 04:06
The Good Neighbor
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For Mark Johnston, living next door to a trash incinerator stinks.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:34
Killing is the New Fighting
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
Caption: Youth Radio reporter Ayesha Walker., Credit: Youth Radio
In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even...

Bought by PRX Remix and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Gas Prices are the New Curfew
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
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When gas prices shot past 4 dollars a gallon this year, commentator King Anyi Howell noticed that no longer were parental curfews curtailing his fu...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Long Train to Freedom
From: Aaron Kohn
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The Story of Refugees Going Back to Zimbabwe

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:28
BEST Business Center
From: Elliot Ward
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A new city of Portland service helps businesses go green

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
As I Am: Asians In America
From: Nathan Kupel
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The As I Am pilot features reports, analyses, and commentary on social, political, cultural and artistic topics seldom heard on traditional public ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public, WXDU, WGBH Radio Boston, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 27
Riding out the Storm
From: War News Radio
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We hear from Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan and look at how their lives are changing.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
In the Name of Service
From: War News Radio
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This week on War News Radio, we hear the voices of U.S. forces and the individual stories of the people serving in Iraq.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Police in Training
From: War News Radio
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This week on War News Radio, Police in Training. We find out about the slow progress that has been made towards assembling Iraq's security forces.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Feb 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Luck's No Lady
From: Libby Conn
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This half hour documentary examines a growing public health concern for women: pathological gambling.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 2
Dialogue and Discourse
From: Sudan Radio Project
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Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
Post No Bills
From: Robynn Takayama
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Are wheat pasted posters informative public art or vandalism?

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 4